{"slug": "humber", "label": "Humber", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humber", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q550995", "qid": "Q550995", "description": "large tidal estuary in England", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [605, 1608], "span_label": ["605 CE", "1608 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-essex", "label": "Kingdom of Essex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thelbald-of-mercia", "label": "Æthelbald of Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "netherlands", "label": "Netherlands", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-sea", "label": "North Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-schleswig", "label": "Duchy of Schleswig", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "river-thames", "label": "River Thames", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "essex", "label": "Essex", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 605, "year_label": "605 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelfrith annexes the neighboring kingdom of Deira (Northern England). The region between the Forth and Humber rivers will hereafter be known as Northumbria, the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364904400#Britain", "title": "605", "revid": 1364904400, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 675, "year_label": "675 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Wulfhere of Mercia dies after a 17-year reign, in which he has extended his sway over much of England south of the Humber River, including Essex, Surrey, and part of Wessex north of the Thames. Wulfhere is succeeded by his brother Æthelred.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805588#Britain", "title": "675", "revid": 1340805588, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 716, "year_label": "716 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Prince Æthelbald returns from Crowland Fens to Mercia, and seizes the throne after the death of his cousin King Ceolred, who had driven him into exile (see 709). He gains hegemony over London, Essex, and all of the English Midlands. By 731, Æthelbald will have subjugated all provinces south of the Humber River under his overlordship.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808331#Britain", "title": "716", "revid": 1340808331, "section": "Events › Byzantine Empire › Britain"}}, {"year": 1069, "year_label": "1069 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Sweyn II of Denmark lands a fleet in the Humber in support of the Northumbrian rebels and they join him to burn York, attacking its two castles and destroying the old Minster.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243049384#England", "title": "1069", "revid": 1243049384, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1362, "year_label": "1362 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – The \"Grote Mandrenke\" storm tide strikes the Netherlands, England, Germany and Denmark, destroying the Danish settlement of Rungholt in the Duchy of Schleswig, and the Humber estuary port of Ravenser Odd in England. The East Frisian island of Buise is broken into two by North Sea floods.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360556919#January–December", "title": "1362", "revid": 1360556919, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1608, "year_label": "1608 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Spring – The Scrooby Congregation of Protestant English Separatists successfully flees to the Dutch Republic from the Humber, origin of the Pilgrim Fathers who in 1620 move on to North America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352783723#Date_unknown", "title": "1608", "revid": 1352783723, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}]}